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EBENSBURG, PA. FRIDAY, JULY ID, iS'

daughter is engaged, and he has crossed
the ocean simply to beg you TO recon-
slider your decision
Then he can cross back again double
quick" said the old gentleman.
Mariana saw that she now held the
matter In her own hands to great
extent
At word from her De Rochefontin
walked away leaving her alone with Mr..
Robinson. She proceeded to plead the
cause OF the two lovers.
Oh, you're like all women" he said /;
"you can't resist the beard and title"
But as she went Oh he listened TO her
gravely, and by the time the tug was
ready TO return he assured her that he
would invite De Rochefontin 10 his house
and take the matter into serious con-
sideration. He insisted that Mariana
should go home with him also to lun-
cheon. BY doing this the girl had a
chance for a little talk with Mrs. Rob-
inson, when the Frenchman's interests
were not neglected
On her arrival home Mariana found
her mother ill. The presence of the
oldest daughter was of all things desired.
Within week Mary Robinson. who
had arrived In Baden-Baden the Ith OF
June, but had not gone TO Hotel Vic
toria because it was full. and had called
at the post-of1ice for her mail, received
the following cable dispatch:
Come home at once. Your count
not SO bad after all. You owe every
thing to your double, who has promised
TO be first bridesmaid. For further
particulars apply to Miss Mass, Hotel
Victoria. J. ROBINSON"
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The Bottom OF the Sea-

One-haH of the earth's solid surface ts
buried In the abysmal regions Il the
ocean, and exists at undulating plains
beneath a watery covering from two to
five miles thick.
On this land at the bottom OF the deep
sea, the director OF the Challenger pub
hcations tells US. the conditions present
ed are most uniform.
The temperature, near the freezing
point Of fresh water. does not exceed
seven degrees In range, and is constant
throughout the year Ia any locality.
Sunlight and plant life are absent, and,
although animals OF the larger types are
present, there is no great variety of form
or abundance of individuals. Change OF
any kind is exceedingly slow.
At the greatest depths deposits are
chiefly a red clay mixed with fragments
of volcanic matter, remains of deep sea
animals, cosmic dust, manganese-iron
noduies and zeolitic crystals. No anal
agous deposits have been traced on dry
land. although the continents are mainly
made up of rocks which must have
formed under the sea near the coasts.
Throughout all geological time the
deposits of the continent bordering
waters appear to have been forced up
into dry land through the contraction of
the earth, while the abysmal regions
have remained the most permanent areas
Of the earth's surface.
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The Telephone Of 1864.

A quotation, not much known. from
the works of Robert Hooke, published
In 1864, would seem to show that the tel
ephone Is not such q modern invention
az is generally thought. Hooke says:
And as glasses have highly promoted
our seeing, SO tie not improbable but
that there may be found many mechan-
ical inventors to improve our other
senses, of hearing, smelling. Ia ting
and touching. 'Tis not Impossible to
hear a whisper a furlong's distance, 1t
having been already done, and PEI maps
the nature of the thing would not mako
Ii more impossible though that furiong
should be ten times multiplied.
And though some famous authors
have affirmed 1t impossible to hear
through the thinnest plate of Muscovy
glass, yet l know a way by which Il is
easy enough to speak through a wall q
yard thick.
" It has not yet been thoroughly exam
ined how far oct cousticons may be
improved, nor what other ways there
may be Of quickening our hearing. or
conveying sound through other bodies
than the air; for that Is not the only
medium.
81 can assure the reader that have
by the help of a distended wire. propa-
gated the sound TO a very considerable
distance in an instant, or with as SEEM
ingiy quick a motion as that of light,
at least incomparably swifter than that
which at the same time was propagated
through the air: and this not only In g
straight line or direct, but In one bended
u many angles. II Iron.
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Burr then adds:
"Speak of yourself in the third person
when you wish it TO be concealed that
you are the Person in Question, w & y,
to be used differently"
The paper also has evidence Of having
been written with - invisible ink, which
could only be made legible by being
brought out by heat. The writing can
not now bo read easily after the LAPSE OF
so many years. II is all in the hand
writing of Burr
Major Van Gaasbeek is mentioned in
one OF the letters written by Mrs. Burr
to her husband from New York, IN 1871,
IN this way:
Neither the package you left at
Kingston nor the money and great coat
by Colonel Gausbeck have yet reached
me-"
Burr, In his letters to his wife, during
those days when he travelled on the cir
cult of the courts at Poughkeepsie,
Albany, Catskill, and Kingston, speaks
of Kingston often.
In one of his letters, written at Pough-
keepsie in 17SS. to Mrs. Burr. he said:
II go. this evening, TO Rhinebeck.
You can write me by Mondays stage,
directed TO b. forwarded to me from
RHinebeck. / Shall be then al Kingston.
Much love to the smiling Hltle girl"
The little girl" was his daughter,
TheodOsia.
Burr's correspondence with Van Gaas-
beck was mostly regarding money mat
ters. In nearly all his letters he speaks
OF pecuHiary embarrassmenIS. In one
letter, in 1895, he wrote TO Peter Van
Gaasbeek, that he BURR must decline
the nomination, that he Wan GaasDeek)
must inform the committee, and that
." shall bear a lasting remembrance of
this Instance OF their confidence and
attachment"
In this connection, as matter Of in
terest in the history of Kingston, it
might be said Burr refers, in one of his
letters TO HE wife, TO Vanderlyn.
John Vanderlyn, who became cele-
brated as a painter, was a protege of
Burr. Vanderlyn was a resident of
Kingston, and Burr having seen several
of his sketches, became interested In
him, which resulted in Nanderlyn's
going to Europe to study painting.
In a letter, written in New York, 1901,
to Thomos Morris, Burr said:
Mr.. Nanderlyn, the young painter
from ESopus, Ulster County, who went
about six years ago to Paris, has re-
Gently returned, having improved his
time and talent in a manner that does
very great honor TO himself, his friends,
and his country.
Proposing TO return to France in the
S, ring, he wishes to take with him some
American views, and for this purpose he
Is now ON his way through your country
to Niagara, 1 beg your advice and pro-
lection.
He is perfect stranger to the roads,
the country, and the customs OF the
people, and, in short, knows nothing but
what Immediately concerns painting.
From some samples which he has left
here he Is pronounced to be the first
painter that now Is or ever has been in
America.
Your efecnonate friend.
"a. BURR."
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PEOPLE WHO EAT TOBACCO.
Has the Comforting Weed Been the Sub
ject OF Unjust Representation?


The tobacco habit has many curious
phases, and the conflict between eXI erts
and authorities as to its effects has ere
ate considerable confusion in the pub
lie mind.
Some physicians declare that the weed
Is a poison, while others, equally
worthy of belief, declare that it is a med
icine. They all a a.ree. however. that it's
excessive uss is calculated to iniure
some Compartments.
l am reminded o. the tobacco question
by the following from the Athens Chrou-
icle:
"A gentleman In Athens commenced
the use OF tobacco at fourteen years OF
age When twenty-five years old the
excessive dow OF saliva had caused indi-
gestion and structure, or constant pain
across the breast, threatening life.
''Ad ised by an eminent physician, he
commenced swallowing al the juice of
the tobacco (call it BY what name you
please. and for fifry-tour years has per-
severed in the habsf.
The pain ceased very soon, digestion
was restored, nerves became steady, for
the last twenty-five years no headache,
although had previously suffered greatly
has also smoked all the time, a q now
at seventy-sIx his nerves are steady
and can write as well as at twenty
digestion perfect, vision good, knows
nothing Of nausea, except in the dim
recollection of upward OF half century
ago, has had no use for a doctor for
upward OF twenty-five years, and if
afflicted with softening of the brain will
not acknowledge II.
He knows of others who have adopt
ed this course with beneficial results. as
far as health Is concerned, without
injury. as far as he knows, mentally or
morally"
Now the average reader would suppose
that the foregoing Is merely the Inven-
ton of a newspaper reporter. but there
are parallel cases right here in Atlanta
One Of the most distinguished citizens
of the town-indeed one of the most
distinguished citizens of the State In his
calling-has for years been in the habit
of eating tobacco instead of simply
chewing II.
This gentleman Is si1ty-odd years Of
age and Is IN the most robust health,
with a complexion as clear as that OF an
infant, and an eye as keen as that of q
hawk. He has none OF the ailments of
his age-no pains. no aches. no indiges-
ton
Nor is this all. Sitting close to my
elbow as / write Is a gentleman who
has been eating tobacco for thirteen
years. He is young man and has led
a sedentary life for many years, taking
little or no exercise and but little recre-
alton in any shape.
But his health is perfect. His diges-
tion Is good and his appetite just what
he would have TO be- He doesn't know
what the headache is, and the only feel
ing of lassitude he ever experiences is
when he drinks little too much butter
milk for dinner.-[A Atlanta Constitution.
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rHE WEIGHT OF A WORD.

Have you ever thought Of the weight OF.
That falls in the heart like the song Of q
bird,
That sladdens the springtime Of memory
and youth,
And garlsnds with cedar the banner Of
Truth.
That moistens the harvesting spot Of the
Like dewdrops that fall On q meadow Of
grain,
Or that shrivels the germ and destroys the
fruit
And lies like $ worm at the lifsIess rootl
I saw a farmer st break Of day
H0eing his corn IN = careful way;
An enemy came with a drouih in hi. eve,
Discouraged the worker and hurried by.
The keen-edged blade Of the faithful hoe
Dulled on the earth IL the long corn row;
The weeds sprung up and their feathers
tossed
Over the field, and the crop was-lost-
sailor launched on an angry bay
When the heavens entombed the face Of the
day;
The wind arose like a beast in pain,
And shook on the billOws his yellow name
The storm beat down a. if cursed the cloud,
And the waves held up dripping shrOud-
But, hark DER the waters that wildly rsyed
~0A4O n hoAN VI NLCCAr oAN AAO was
A poet passed with song of God
Hid in his heart like a gem IN clOd;
his lips We're framed TO pronounce the
thought,
And the music Of rhythm its magic wrought;
Feeble st first was the happy triN,
Low was the echo that answered the hill,
But jealous friend spoke near his side,
And on his lips the sweet sonS-died.
A woman paused where a chandelier
Threw in the darkness its poisoned spear
Weary and fOotsOre from jOurneying long,
She had strayed unawares from the right to
the wrong.
Angels were beckning her back from the
den,
He'll and its demons were beck ming her in
The tone of an urchin, like one who fOrgives.
Drew her back, and IN heaven that sweet
word-lIyes.
Words Words They are little, yet
mighty and brave;
They rescue q nation, an empire save
They close up the gaps IN a fresh bleeding
heart
That sickness and SORROW have severed
apart
They fall on the path, like a ray Of the sun,
Where the shadows of death lay so heavy
upon;
Theylighten the earth sver our blessed dead,
A word that will comfort, oh leave not IN
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CHEERFUL IN UTTER DARKNESS.
Some Notes Taken at a Party OF Blind
People.

may be wrong, but it appeared to me
that the most cheerful of our blind party
were those who were born so, or had
lost their sight at an age too early to
have any remem brance of seeing.
/ came on one such, a middle-aged
man who, being "A widower, had brought
his Young son, about 10 years old, with
him, o act as his guide
He was sitting on gate, with his face
toward the fields, and the boy was squat
ting on the grass. The blind man was
singing.
No doubt on account OF its appropri-
etaness to the occasion, the song of his
choice was the Warbling Wagner"
and dangling his legs in the lightness of
his spirits he sang it loud and heIrty,
mis- son not joining in except TO help with
the chorus.
He was singing the last verse as 1
came near, and at its conclusion ap-
pIauded the performance, whereon he
laughed, and, slapping his thigh, called
to his son for the chorus over again for
the last time, and this being accom-
plished he put out his hand to give mine
the grasp OF friendship.
Goodness knows how he discovered II,
but at first touch with his fingers he
found out that was not blind.
Il beg pardon, sir, said he;
thought il was one of our own people /
was singing and laughing with. But IL
is a poor heart that never reIotces, and
YOU, having your precious eyesight,
won't be offended with US, l know.
Il am only too glad, replied, "that
you find yourself to-day with q rich
heart in place of a poor one, and that
you can rejoice.
well, l should be pretty ungrateful
sort OF q chap if 1 didn't Its fairly
beautiful That's how L reckon 1t up.
master, and i can't say more than that.
And he raised himself bit higher on
the gate, and slowly turned his head
this way and that, loudly smiling the
while, and finishing up with q sounding
smacA of i.is lips.
Its delicious I! said he.
but you can't see II, L remarked.
But l can smell il, he responded
cheerily and with ano-hyr prolonged
sniff, land l can taste it. l can't see;
never could. But, thank the Lord, I've
got my sense of smelling aid tasting
and hearing; and I'll make out with
them IL you'll bring me in, o the country
to enjoy myself a bit And. as for eyes,
hain't my boy Ben here got Lwo Of EN-,
and sharp ones, too. And, in a manner
of speaking. can borrow them whenever
want to. SO hain't got much TO grum-
BILE about"
i don't know how it is, but il would
seem that when a person loses his eyes
he is straightway deprived as well OF
what is said 10 be especially an English
mans privilege-the luxury of Grum-
bling.-LLoldon Telegraph. -
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LETTERS FROM AARON BURR.
Sewly-Discovered Correspondence Writ
ten by that Astute Politician.

ten by that Astute Politician.
Remarkable interest attaches to the
discovery, in Kings on, n. Y, of 4 bun
die OF letters addressed by Aaron Burr
to Peter Van GaaSbeek, of that city.
One OF the letters throws light upon the
notable contest Tor the Presidency be-
tween Burr and jefferson in 1901, when
the matter of choice was thrown IL the
House of Representatives.
1t was claimed 10y Burr, after Jeiler-
son had been chosen President, tat /. he
had had an equal number OF votes with
jefferson he would have utterly dis
claimed all competition. as he hal Eo
desire to be Instrumental in counteract-
ing the wishes and expectations OF the
people OF the United States. These
sentiments were for the publ C.
The other side appears from lett T.
upon the back of which was written,
"Priva;e Instructions" which Shows
that. secretly, he had other designs.
Peter Van Gaasbeek was a politician
of Considerable Influence. lie was a
member of Congress 8. The Private
Instructions in Burr's handwriting,
read as follows:
From the returns In PENNSYLVANIA it
is certain that Adams cannot be elected.
The President and Nice-Pres.deu must
therefore be taken from jefferson, P,nck-
ney, and Burr. Six or seven votes Tor
Burr i'll this State Will make him Prcsi-
dent, whether intended for him as Pres
ident or Vice-President.
You know, l suppose. that no dis
tinction cIn be made by the Electors.
They vote for two men without declar-
ing the offices for which they intend
them.
You see how important and critical
the thing is, and must therefore spare
no pains. 1t will be surpi Using, indeed,
IL you, Addison Nivler, AMI others can
not influence Miller and Cantine SO far
as to induce them to do what is rIgh,.
Burr must be spoken of, however, only
rs Vice-President Cor the present.
"Thi. caution must not be neglected
for cogent reasons, which will III due
time be communicated. Somebody must
confer with Miller and Canlins erson-
ally and without delay"
With the Private Instructions was
found a paper containing d sort Of
cipher, by which letters Of the alphabet
were to he used TO indicate certain
names. 1t reads as follows:
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rhe n1ed,um.. serrIce. ou,te Upneee,.ary.

Spiritualistic mediums occasionally
make Inducements for business.
The other day DR.. p. II. jameson was
called upon 10y visitor who told him that
Dr.-(a physician who died not long
since) was very anxious to have him
attend a certain " circle" as he had o
communication to make.
Wants TO see me, does her" inquired
the doctor.
Yes" was the answer; "it's some
thing important he wants to tell you"
Well" said the doctor. in his shrewd.
dry, practical way, If he wants to see
me he can call at my Office. He knows
well enough wheye 1t is Indianapolis
Journal.
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Better than North Dakota

Not long ago family who resided IN
st. Paul removed to North Dakota. Its
members include a little boy who can
yet count his years on the fingers Of
both hands.
lone day, after thay had resided In
their new home a short time, the little
fellow, who had been gazing out on the
treeless prairie around, approached his
mother very soberly and asked:
Mamma. do they have trees In
heaven"
"Yes. my dear" replied the mother.
"they have everything nice In heaven" q"
Then, mamma said the little fellow
eagerly, lets sell out here and move
to raven rightaway. y."-[St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
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Disappointing.

Here is a book mentioned IN this
paper entitled Hints on Husbandry,
said Miss Smiggle. Il think III go
down town and buy me copy.
Her brother to whom the remark was
addressed smiled and said nothing.
That evening at the supper table he
inquired:
" Did you get the book you spoke OF
to-day, Miranda"
"Ye es," was the somewhat reluctant
reply.
"And how did you enjoy it2'
Well, / reckon it's a good enough
book, but the title is kind o dlsappoint-
tn'."-[ Merchant Traveller.
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To Capture Prairie Dogs.

4 prairie dog trap is ingenious. Place
q headless barrel over the prairie dogs
hole and half NIL II with fine sand. The
little turnover Will soon scratch his way
TO the top of the same. But the fine
sand falls into the hole and fills 1t up
and it cannot dig another through the
half fluid particles, neither can he climb
UP the sides of the barrel. All he can
do is to reverse the familiar lines Of
Virgil and exclaim:
THE ascent to the upper air is easy.
but to recall ones steps and re-enter
Avernus; how hopeless the attempt"
This is without doubt the way In
which the prairie dogs in Central Park
were captured.-l jamestown Kansan.
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Defending His Reputation.

I'm afraid that son OF mine will
bring my gray hairs in sorrow to the
grave, If l live 50 long," said O lady to
a sympathetic friend.
Don't be afraid, ma" said her young
hopeful, poking his head In st the door
Sooner than have that happen I'll taxa
your hair out of the drawer some night
and burn 1t up"
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APPETIZERs.
Where There's . VIII There's . way.

Many years ago. while Mr.. Quincy. the
Junior, was on visit to Washington.
Mr.. Justice Story entertained him with
an account of the social life OF himself
and his associates on the Supreme
Bench.
I'VE Usually dine together. he said,
"at G O'Clock, very quietly and simply.
We have wine only when 1t rains"
And. after pausing little on his
statement, he add d with judicial gray-
ity:
:" But sometimes the Chief Justice viii
say before We rise from the table:
/" Mr.. Story. look out OF the window
and see whether 1t Is raining, and when
] report that the weather appears to be
fair, he will say:
So much the better Our jurisdic-
ton is so vast that, according to the
doctrine OF chances. II the weather is
fair here il must be raining in some
other part OF the country; therefore, we
will have a little wine to-day. II Boston
Budget.
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A Chestnut out of Season.

Mrs. Muldoon: Mrs. Gilligan, cud
ye tell me the naming OF the word
'chietnuL?''
Mrs. Gilligan: mo ma'am; Oh eud
not. Whoiy'
Mrs. Muldoon: well, yer see dis
mornin Oh told me bye, Mickey. to fitch
in some wood. an sez he OATS a chist-
nut, mudder.' Oh, but didn't OF give
him chistnuts wild hickory club. Be-
gorra he'll moind that fer awhile. -
GJudUa
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Tho Proper Place for ,Em.

"What shall we do with these hard,
dry sandwiches that were left over from
the p cuic?" one deacon asked another;
"glve en- 10 the poorr"
Il don't know as the poor would
thank US for EN-" was the reply; II
think we had better sell 'em TO SONS
railroad sandwich counter. - Boston
COuriar
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"Oh, doctor, my husband is very sick
with the fever, and I'm afraid he will not
live till night. l want something for him"
Well, I'll send him my preparation"
20, no, doctor, he is already prepared,
for he told US so this morning so he
doesn't need that; Il is some medicine
we want to break the fever"
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A Flattering Parrot.

A down town druggist has parrot
which he has taught to say, What @
pretty girl T. whenever a woman. young
or old, enters his store, and they do say
that a poor, weak man can hardly get
into the store to buy a cigar on fine
afternoon.-[ Philadelphia Call.
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An Object of Pity,

Newsboy: Paper. sir2"
lrascible old gentleman: "Eo, don't
read the papers," -
y. (commiserati~g 81: HIM That sof
Too bad. My eddieation wuz ncrglect-
ed, too, when l wuz Il little feller. but L
pulled up !or it 10y goin TO night school
and Iearnin 10 l. Boston Courier.
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A Wise Man.

First Young Author: 81 hear you are
making money"
Second Young Author: Eyes. / am
getting along well, very well indeed"
+. Y. A: Then your writings arc
paying you n last"
;. Y. A: .'OI, no. I've dropped writ
ing"
I. Y. A: Then It is not by writing
Iira you are making money"
y Y A: Certainly not"
+. Y. A.: What are you doing.
them"
S. Y. A. :"I am peddllng fish. ."-[Bos-
ton Courier.
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Gripping Deprodatory Hawks and Owls.

4 farmer tells US that he has for years
- we his chicS ems from tie depreciation
/ hawks and owls by sharpening a scythe
ade and . .tting IL on the end OF apolo'
anding of at an angle OF about 45'.
The uird7 Of prey VIII light on the
f,lade, that rims OF their toes so that
lcy cannot carry of fowls.
one OF these blades Will also rid field
If crows Athens (Ga.) Banner.
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A Child's Wish.

A little 4year-old of our acquaintance
after gazing steadfastly at rainbow,
said:
Mamma, wish could have that
for my scraP-book."